* The prospect of a potential deal that would allow forward movement at the World Trade Center site is very real, sources say.

* The march toward the late, er, state budget keeps up in Albany.

* Gov. Paterson takes a turn on John Gambling’s am radio show on WOR 710.

* Rick Lazio’s boosters will probably make hay of rival Steve Levy’s answers on a Working Families Party questionnaire from 2007, which the Suffolk County Executive said was for an endorsement of a strongly split party at the time

* The Post’s Fred Dicker hosts Conservative George Marlin on “Live from the State Capitol” on Talk 1300 to game out Levy’s chances.